Legal Opinion

Bobbi Miller v. Illinois Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 18, 1997No. 96-1642PublishedCited by 105 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Bobbi Miller appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the Illinois Department of Corrections in her suit under the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq. 916 F.Supp. 863 (C.D.Ill. 1996). In 1986 Miller was seriously injured in an automobile accident. She recovered, or at least appeared to have recovered, and in 1988 was hired as a correctional officer in a medium-security prison. Five years later, however, as a delayed consequence of the accident, she experienced a precipitous, and probably permanent, loss of vision in both eyes. She is not…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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Robert E. Bultemeyer v. Fort Wayne Community SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
Robert D. Benson v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., Karen Pierce Harvey ArmstrongCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
Patricia Hennessy v. Penril Datacomm Networks, Incorporated and Richard BurnsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by105 opinions

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Paul S. Hammel, Cross-Appellee v. Eau Galle Cheese FactoryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
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